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  • The College Student's Financial Picture
    By Martha Woodroofhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-772067.mp3Harrisonburg, VA – As Bob Dylan sang in 1964, "the times…
  • Venture Capital in a Down Economy
    By Martha Woodroofhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-802923.mp3Charlottesville, VA – UVA's Darden business school…
  • Lincoln's Rockingham County Roots
    By Martha Woodroofhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-820736.mp3Harrisonburg, VA – Monday, February 16, is president's…
  • Remembering Pete Hill
    By Martha Woodroofhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-962893.mp3Culpeper, VA – History is riddled with mistakes.One of…
  • How's the Air Up There
    By Martha Woodroofhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-742543.mp3Luray, VA – The Shenandoah National Park is famous for its…
  • Moving Forward
    On The Spark, Martha Woodroof speaks with John Arnold, who went from grass, to pills, to shooting heroin. And then he went to Shenandoah Valley Teen…
  • Book Reviewers Decry Fewer Newspaper Pages
    Book reviews appear to be an endangered species, at least for standalone sections of the newspaper. Recently the San Diego Union Tribune merged its books section with the arts pages. That is spurring debate about how readers will learn about the books.
  • National Book Award Nominee Lily Tuck
    Lily Tuck is one of the five National Book Awards finalists -- each of them women, each of them writing in New York City. Tuck led the life of a very obscure novelist until she was nominated for Letters from Paraguay. Tuck tells Martha Woodroof about her account of two lovers tangled in a mid-19th century war that wiped out 90 percent of Paraguay's male population.
  • Historical Distance in 'The Way the Crow Flies'
    Fiction and historical distance can sometimes allow us to examine our current worries in a different light. Ann-Marie MacDonald sets her second novel The Way the Crow Flies at the height of the Cold War. She uses the tensions generated by the U.S.-Soviet arms race to explore a contemporary issue: governmental secrecy. Martha Woodroof reports.
  • Ashley Bryan: A Life Celebrated
    By Martha Woodroofhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-733221.mp3Warm Springs, VA – 85 year-old Ashley Bryan, as a person…
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